Yeah everything is changed to balance it out, we've had a lot of stuff put in to help the game feel a lot smoother and more rewarding, so you wont get FF at 44 stillBut then when it's 1-80...have you changed any of the original skill levels? As I suspect it would be 50 in a day, 50-80 being slower? So you essentially have all the skills (Such as FF and TDB) on day 1? That is boring to me lol...in Mir2, once you have those skills you are rarely given reason to use anything else That's why I prefer the old school progression in Mir2.
Ultimately it's also why I actually prefer Mir3 over Mir2 because of the much greater variance in skills, Mir3 you aren't just casting the same crap over and over in all caves, you do actually need to change it up at least via the elements. If planned right with changes in elements and stats, you could make something really unique.
Was mir 3 ever great?
Nice! I didn't realise i needed you to speak for me. Not everyone back in euro had all the free time to level either, I don't get this illusion where now.. all of a sudden no one has free time. Your practically adding to your own confusion. Too slow to level and no one has the free time, but no one wants to play the game between 1-40, Which one is it? Your basing everyone's attitude towards the game from your own experience.Not a single person in this forum is dreaming for the actual euro mir rates...fk that.
Nice! I didn't realise i needed you to speak for me. Not everyone back in euro had all the free time to level either, I don't get this illusion where now.. all of a sudden no one has free time. Your practically adding to your own confusion. Too slow to level and no one has the free time, but no one wants to play the game between 1-40, Which one is it? Your basing everyone's attitude towards the game from your own experience.
And i repeat, much to everyone's joy, Probably year #4 since I've touched a Mir server. Mainly down to stupid level rates and achievable end-game in no time at all, The reason people kept playing was to reach end game. PVP on Mir has got to be the most self obsessed cheesefest i have ever seen, where people mistake actual skill, which is not really apparent in any MMO, not to the level of FPS gamers. Im all for Wars/PVP over bosses but acting like its actually anything significant for Mir3 at-least is a joke. Just look at the strength in numbers in MIR3 servers now. I guess thats also just down to graphical bugs and not running liquid smooth 144 frames on a game from early 00's
4 years and counting. Don't think im expecting to play again If a server doesn't aim to survive for 5-10 years. What is the point in the server at all, to last a year like every server i have witnessed from great distance in the last 4-5+ years. You guys went down a massive rabbit hole thinking the more you change the game, the better results you will get, evidently that has proven wrong, as shown by survival rate of these servers.Euro rates is where it took 2 years to go from 44 to 45. If that is what you're waiting for, you may as well never play Mir again. Simple fact is, servers don't even last that long. You will at best reach Lv.20-25 before it gets shut down.
That alone, means it should never be a thing.
Now jumping onto a server and getting 40 in a day, is crap. But over a couple months? No problem...that leaves another 2-3 months to enjoy the fighting that the other half of the playerbase thinks is where the fun part is.
If a server could survive for 5-10 years, with a decent player base at euro rates...I would absolutely play it, but it's a pipe dream. I don't personally have the same level of time commitment I did 20 years ago, but do I have time to throw 2-3 hours a day on average? Probably.
4 years and counting. Don't think im expecting to play again If a server doesn't aim to survive for 5-10 years. What is the point in the server at all, to last a year like every server i have witnessed from great distance in the last 4-5+ years. You guys went down a massive rabbit hole thinking the more you change the game, the better results you will get, evidently that has proven wrong, as shown by survival rate of these servers.
Exactly, you don't have the level of commitment, so it should be based around you? This is where i get annoyed hearing quotes like that. But in 2004 everyone was jobless.. got it. What good has any server done recently taking on this stupid levelling rates, nothing.. just constant regurgitation of poor servers.
Private servers have changed the direction of MIR drastically.. to where it is deemed pointless to even bother. Im basing this off my MIR3 experience though. I have yet to see a Private server get close to an official server in terms of fun. Ice&Fire was about the best for III, because the GM was inactive and using Vanilla rates. The only reason people stopped playing was because of the inactive GM not able to reset the server when needed to fix bugs/issues.
Would you be all in though really? without having catch-up mechanics, 100% successful refines, no flinch.. whatever other snowflake sh*t that has been implemented in these servers in recent years, Im not convinced. I dont mean to attack you, but this goes for 90% of the community honestly. You guys asked for easy mode time and time again, balance this - balance that.. my sword doesn't work as good as this guy.. or some flakey excuse and Im sure it becomes near impossible for a server owner to keep his/her sanity or interest. I don't know what is so hard about leaving a game vanilla, and even restricting area's for a period of time, as long as there is no pets un-taming, or bosses not failing to respawn, I really don't see how anyone could go too far wrong. Tweak the little things, not the big things.Show me a server thats up for a long stretch, and making ends meet with no side dealing going on with a decent player base to game with...and i'm all in.
I have yet to see a Private server get close to an official server in terms of fun. Ice&Fire was about the best for III, because the GM was inactive and using Vanilla rates. The only reason people stopped playing was because of the inactive GM not able to reset the server when needed to fix bugs/issues.
Would you be all in though really? without having catch-up mechanics...
Unfortunately people seem to have some entitlement of when an event is on, and they miss it, that its not fair... Its become very pvp-end game focused
c files now as scrolling rankThis easy mode on mir relates to easy mode irl, today pple are mooching on governments and in mir on server maker.
I can't recall a server that didn't include noob guild from day one (!!!) that gave you extra exp. You pretty well wonder why the server didn't open with lev40 starting level with items for it, why pay lips service to that original euro game experience.
In connection with that, in the past I have tried to join older servers that jacked up starting level and I never put roots down and stopped logging on after several days or even the first day. Bottom reason was always the lack of point to play.
I mean why then not put up a server with high starting level, start with armours with flashy wings and without hunting caves (or only 'premium' ones), with only challenge rooms for PvP and boss fighting and suck in all of those who want that and then somebody can put up server for those of us who like the game euro style.
My pet peewee is the rank table cutoff @20 places, I mean is that so %^& hard to make it scrollable and keep it 'clean' by listing only accts that log on at least once a week and maybe start #lev20 (does the rank chart put too high load on server resources?)? The thing is if you aren't in top twenty, you are nobody, can't be said more clearly to you by the server owner.
But that will take ages to percolate to servers, to the smaller ones that are usually long time in development in particular.c files now as scrolling rank
You are impressive my friend.Basically i think Mir will die only if we allow that to happen. There are a bunch of servers coming up and more thereafter. I have personally been here everystep of the way since 2003 and i intend to see it to the bitter end. I hope you lot do the same as mir wouldnot be the same without you all (even the bad guys)